Glasgow guest star Lolo Jones and captain Lee McConnell were pipped to second
place as the home city fell just short of London in the Super8 meeting.

McConnell finished just behind London's Joice Maduaka in the 200m early on in the quickfire competition and Danielle Carruthers bounced back from falling at the United States National championship final to beat champion Jones in the 100 metres hurdles.

The result was replicated in the final team standings, but only after the eight-team event went to the wire due to Glasgow winning the women's medley relay. Teenage hurdler Jack Green got London over the finishing line in the men's relay, with the Scots finishing second.

Individual winners for London included Robbie Grabarz in the high jump, Jirina Ptacnikova in the pole vault and American record holder Chaunte Lowe, who won the high jump with a mark of 1.91m, while Darren St Clair triumphed in the 800m with a time of 1min 50.60secs.

Perhaps the biggest surprise of the night came in the opening race, when world indoor champion Jones was overtaken by Carruthers, who was 0.02secs ahead with a time of 12.93.

Carruthers, who was representing Gateshead, said: "I was coming off a fall in the US nationals so that was in the back of my mind. It was a good way to redeem myself."

"That's the fastest reaction time I've had this season," the 27-year-old said. "It was so good I almost thought I'd false-started and I think that messed me up over hurdle three and then Danielle went right by me.

"I think because the whole season I've been trailing behind people at the start it was easy for me to catch up with people. I'm just extremely disappointed that I let Team Glasgow down."

McConnell finished a tenth of a second behind Maduaka (23.64) after being drawn in the outside lane. The 31-year-old said: "It was a bit of a shame because you can't see anyone and it's not nice when everyone's chasing you."

But the defeat failed to dampen her enthusiasm a day after she was selected by UK Athletics head coach Charles van Commenee to compete in the 400m for Great Britain in the European Championships.

"I'm really happy about that," she said. "It was a real relief.

"Charles is known for his strict selection policies. He's looking for high standards so it's always hard. It was nice to come out and run here after that.

"If I had a better lane and had started better it might have been a different race but not to worry, it's just good to compete in front of your home crowd."